Cereal-percolator.



G. LAKE.

UEREAL PERGOLATOR.

f APPLIGATIONTILED 11:11.14, 1911.

Patented N1 `v. 14, 1911.

eoLmina-Y LAKE, or CLEVELAND, omo.

GEBEAL-PEBCOLATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente a Nov.' 14, 1911.

Application med February 14, 1911. Serial No. 608,608.

To all whom it may concern:

y Be it known that I, GOLLADAY Lana, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1208 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, in the county ofi-'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve-A ments in. Cereal-Percolators, of which the following. is a specification.

.y 'I hv'vs invention relates to percolators, and especially to percolators for boiling coiee,

-1 tea',` and other cereals.

tom 8. This bottom is/p The object of this invention is to provide.

a percolatior adapted to contain the cereal to be boiled and fioat in the vessel containing the boiling Huid, ,allowing the liquid .to p

perfcolate throughfthe cereal particles, to eiciently boil same, and being capable of readyjremoval' when the cereal is suilicientlt; boiled,'.an d .to provide ja percolator whic shalll inexpensive to manufacture and which willbe hygienic in its use, and which can be used in connection with the resent coffee pots', kettles, or other receptac es.

Further objects will be evident from the '.hereinafte description. i 4

The inv ntion is embodied in ,a nlovel con.- struction and arrangement of parte, as hereinafter described and as shown in the accompa'n ing drawings, in'which' similar reference e in whichl Figure 1 is y a vertical section of' one orm of, the device as floating in a coffee pot containing water` or other fluid. Fig. 2 is abottom view of another form. Fig. 3 is a perspective thereof. Fig. 4. is a vertical sectionof the second form. aFig. 5 is a vertical section of a lthird'forimof the device.

` Reference bein .had to the drawings, 6 indicates' a cylindrical casing composed of suitable material, which has itsdupp'er end open and havingy a perforated conical botintegrally with the casin 6, and has an opening at the apex the eof,-from wh ich. zextendsthe upright tubular member 10. In the sides of t e casing 6 are numerous er'- forations 15. The perforations in the ottom Sare indicated at 16.

A ca`.p7 is provided for the upper end .of the 4easing and is secured thereto bg means of the bayonet joint shown at 12. u etween the said cap Iand the top of the casing is arranged a cup 9, which has perforations 13 in the bqtto'm thereof and a central opening 11 through which extends the tubular aracters indicate similar parts, and' from completely the liquid. referably stamped' V ing soake member 10 to a slight distance above the bottom thereof. rIhis (up forms a perforated partition below`the top of the cap 7. A ring' or loop 14 is secure d to the top of the said cap 7. The 'rib or innular swell 21 in the casing 6 serves to :trengthen the said.

casing and forms a seat for the cap 7.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 2, 3

and 4 a plate 17 of smalli r diameter than the casing 6 1s arranged at the bottom thereof andas-engaged to the ca iing by lips 18 pro- )ecting therefrom. The said plate being of smaller diameter than th e casing 6 provides the opening 19. to the cha mber formed by the late 17 in under the coi ical bottom 8. The tubular memberlO ass is through the conical bottom 8 and tiirot gh the plate 17 to forma passage from bel iw the-casin to the4 upper or air chamber formed Wit in the cup 9.

nV the form shown ir Fi 5 the tubular member is omitted and a at bottom-8 is arranged 1n the lower ei id of the casing". The upper cu 9 withir the cap 7 therefore has no centra openingf )r the tubular member. lower cup 17 fit over. the bottom of lthe casing' 6 and has several openings 19 around' the sides thereoi.

In use, the cereal to ha boiled is laced in the cereal chamber form ad within t e casing 6 and the device is then placed in the water or other li uid in which the cereal is to be boiled. en the perci later is placed into the `li uid the liquid enters the casing throu the bottom anil sides. to iillsame, and a so the tube 10, bu t the top of the cas ing being closed bv cap 7 prevents the Huid ling the device, and as a result an u er air sp: ice is formed within the cup 9, w ich Heats the .device and supports the up r end a'iove-the surface of `s the wat ir boils, steam accumulates 'iii the-upper ei d of the device and forces part of the liqui d in the casing out, andas the pressure is released there is an inrush Aof fresh water c r .liquid up through the tube 10 and througl i' the perforations in the sides and bottom oi the casixi It will therefore be seen that a i the li ui boils the action of the boiling lic uid an steam keeps the cereal particles in a constanttumultuous state, yto thoroughly boil the cereal and steam same, thus exti acting all the best y roperties thereof..-`

y the cu 9 'revente the cereal in dang swelled from iilling upthe Tl ie partition formed I becomupper air space to force out the air, and thus preserves the air space. The upper end of the device also being labove the surface of the water is cooler than the submerged por-- tion and tends to cool the steam in the upper end, thus letting the liquid precipitate downward vthrough the perforations 13. The perforations in the side of the casing' preserves the equilibrium of the device in the liquid, and also allows for a free circulation of the liquid through the casing.

The action of the liquid in the modified forms is very much similar to the above, and is modified inasmuch as the constructions thereof are modified.

The percolator in being removed by means -of the loop 14 takes with it the boiled cereal to leave the liquid as if strained.

The device is adapted especially for fam ilyuse, but can be adapted for restaurant or other uses.

Various other modifications and alterations can be made within the scope of the appended claims, and no limitations are inferred by the specific constructions shown and described. l

-Having described my invention, what I claim as new is :-w

1. An article of manufacture of the character described and adapted for use with boiling receptacles comprising a casing adapted to contain cereals and having perforations: therein, a cap for the upper end of the casing forming an air and steam casi g, a

upper end of the casing forming an air and steam space thereinunder to {ioat the casing, a perforated cup within the said cap forming screened opening for cemmui'iication between the cereal chamber and the said air and steam space and for preventing the cereal from entering the said space, and a tubular member extending from the apex of the conical bottom through the said cup forming a passage from the 'air and steam space Within the said cup through the said conical bottom.

In testimony whereof I do aliix my signa,- ture in presence of two witnesses.

GOLLADAY LAKE.

Witnesses:

MONROE E. MILLER, EUGENE E. WoLF. 

